Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Cabo Verde

24.8% of people in Cabo Verde lived below the national poverty line in 2023.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2023 24.8% % of population
Change from 2015 −10.4percentage points 2015: 35.2%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Cabo Verde over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2001 to 2023
Period Cabo Verde
2023 24.8%
2015 35.2%
2007 45.4%
2001 56.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 35.2% in 2015, a change of −10.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 56.8%, the figure has changed by −32.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2023 for Cabo Verde
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources